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• cruise the former Warsaw pact guys on epay... - LineArrayNut 05:11:01 02/19/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Paper and foil 'motor run' caps posted by mikeyb on February 18, 2007 at 12:41:23:

  they usually have some
  I *like* the loudness button!
  
  

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• AFAIK, all modern motor run caps are metallized PP. nt - sser2 13:28:25 02/18/07 (1)
  In Reply to: Paper and foil 'motor run' caps posted by mikeyb on February 18, 2007 at 12:41:23:

  nt
  
  

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  • I agree with sser. One reason that construction is used is that metallized 'propylene caps... - jeffreybehr 22:19:56 02/18/07 (0)
    In Reply to: AFAIK, all modern motor run caps are metallized PP. nt posted by sser2 on February 18, 2007 at 13:28:25:

    ...are self-healing in use. If they have, say, a thin spot in the film and the adjacent layers short, the metallization sort of vaporizes and that spot no longer shorts.

    Don't be hesitant about using MR caps in high-Voltage powersupplies. They sound QUITE good--not edgy/gritty/grungy the way virtually all 'lytics do. I've used them--ASCs, Capacitor Industries, and GEs--in several tubed amps and will do so again. What DC Voltage do you need?
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